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Chapter 5: Do You Want to Die?

I was in that dream again.

Grass wet with dew brushed against my bare legs as I glided quickly through the meadow, barely feeling the ground beneath my feet. My eyes were scanning for another glimpse of the majestic creature I’d just gained sight of a moment ago before it bound between two large pine trees.

I knew if I followed the gorgeous white pony further into the woods, I would run into him again.

“Don’t touch me!” He raised his voice, but he didn’t sit up, and his arms lay limp at his side. He wore a mask over his face. Only his onyx black eyes were visible to me.

“Do you want to die?” I retorted as I inspected his body for wounds.

“…I don’t care,” he replied quietly.

My hands paused. For some reason, his words broke my heart a little, even though he’d almost killed me just now.

I lifted my gaze to meet his. His eyes were so deep, so dark, like infinite wells, and I feared that if I spent too much time looking into them, I might not be able to extricate myself from their depths.

“Well, I do, okay?” I said. “My father would yell at me if he finds out I left someone bleeding to death in the wild! Relax. l’

m just going to bandage up these wounds.”

He grunted a bit when I lifted him off of the ground, but he didn’t fight back anymore.

Silence filled the air, and I felt I had to say something, so I started with the basic question. “What’s your name?”

He looked at me with those dark eyes and answered, “I don’t have one.”

“Really? That’s strange, because I don’t have one either.”

He cocked his head to the side and gave me a look that was a cross between confused and annoyed.

“It’s true. People just call me girl.”

“Girl?” he repeated.

“That’s right. Girl,” I gave him a big smile. My father had told me that smiles were one of the most effective ways to make friends.

But instead of returning a smile back to me, he almost seemed a bit uncomfortable and moved his gaze away from mine. “And what are you doing out here in the woods all alone?” he asked.

“Um…“ | tapped on my chin. “Have you heard of the Sun Blossom flower?”

His eyes widened slightly, and I could see that he had heard of it.

I continued, “You know, the flower that grows on the side of the mountains. I’ve heard they’re beautiful, and smell won

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derful. That’s why I came. My friend was leading me there…”

“Your friend?” he glanced around immediately, his tone

wary.

“Yes, my new friend. A little white pony…”

He let out a breath of relief, and then said matter-of-fact ly. “Those flowers, they’re not easy to get.”

“My mother also said it was a fool’s errand.” | rested my hands in my lap. “But I love flowers. Don’t you?”

He shrugged and looked down at the ground.

was suddenly extinguished. His

silent, and

are you still here?” | couldn’t stop the

“Is something the matter?”

voice startled me. I looked up in shock, my mouth agape as he stood in front of me

happened?” I asked

Blos som flower in full bloom, its delicate purple petals speckled with gold flakes that

said you wanted one,” he said, handing the flower to me.

at the flower.

to seep in all around

shouted, wishing I knew his

to reach out to grab him, and that was when

hand, sinking into the fabric of my pants, and the smell of it, rusty with alu minum,

blood was coming

I shouted. “Are you

me. I could see the whites of the eyes behind his mask, but in that

breathing had stopped, but the blood continued to pour from

dead and that the darkness was about to consume

heart was pounding out of my chest as

took me a moment to remember where I was. Brushing my hand over my face, I sat up in bed

Right. The palace.

had happened yesterday in the prince’s office. It was no wonder i’d had such a bloody version of my

clock told me that

I couldn’t go back to sleep.

of bed and decided to head to the gar den for a

I inhaled deeply,

about being here would be easy. I wished that my father were here so he could give me advice about how to proceed. Luckily, his lessons

was a particularly beautiful rosebush. The blooms were a soft pink with traces of white, and they smelled divine. I paused to breathe them in, looking at the glorious pink and gold sunrise in

Peace fulness settled around me, and I found a measure of content ment

noises caught my attention and

something crashing hard to

what I thought were growls, followed by muttered curse words and grunts

I saw the shapes of two people fighting one another, and I immediately recognized one of them. He was the last person I wanted to

being attacked… again. Really, how

was clearly gaining an upper hand, I decided it would be best to get back inside. But as I began to move, I stepped on some

Shoot!

to my knees behind the bushes, I tried to hide myself,

and ended shortly. Just then, I heard a familiar voice order, “Come out now, or

self-preservation, I grabbed some dirt and smeared it on my face, messing up my hair and putting leaves and sticks in it before I stood and walked to the opening, where he was

to look at me. That way, he wouldn’t recognize me as the sole

hard.

My eyes immediately went to his chest, but then I

sound of approaching footsteps on the path behind him gave me a bit of hope

Are you okay?” The footsteps finished in quick succession as Jake, the Beta, stopped next to the prince, but Prince Theo raised a hand

of replying

Your Highness,”

really?” Obviously, he didn’t buy it. “You may look a mess, but I

on my way to the kitchen… to learn how to cook for you… but

approach me since last night.” His voice was a low rumble, and with every syllable, a new tremor of fear passed over me. “Let me make this clear. Leave me alone un less

tried to remind him, “But

that she caused him to get away?” | as sumed he was referring to the

Alpha.” Beta Jake glanced at me and

me again. I felt fear coursing through my body. He took a step closer to me,

Do you hear me?” His words were as